From: Bath Public Library
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Contact: Lisa Hjelm
Tel: (603) 747-3372


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The Bath Library Book Club will be discussing “The Italian Secretary” by Caleb Carr on Monday, November 10 at 5:00 pm at the Bath Public Library. Critically acclaimed author, Caleb Carr, extends the adventures of Sherlock Holmes with this relentlessly paced tale that explores the architecture of human evil.

Mycroft Holmes’s encoded message to his brother, Sherlock, is unsubtle enough even for Dr. Watson to decipher: a matter concerning the safety of Queen Victoria herself calls them to Edinburgh’s Holyrood House to investigate the confounding and gruesome deaths of two young men–horrific incidents that took place with her highness in residence. The victims were crushed in a manner surpassing human power. These intrigues seem strangely connected to an act of evil that took place centuries earlier.

For indeed, the slaying of David Rizzio, music master and friend to Mary Queen of Scots, was an extraordinarily brutal and treacherous act. Now, the ghosts of Holyrood House are being reawakened by someone with a diabolical agenda of greed, madness, and terror as Holmes and Watson set out to trap a killer who is eager to rewrite history in blood…

Books may be picked up at the Bath Library; hours are Monday 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm; Wednesday 9:00 am to noon and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm; Thursday and Saturday 9:00 am to noon. Anyone with an interest in reading and conversing about books is welcome to attend. For information, please contact the library at 603-747-3372 or email bathlibraryljh@gmail.com